Bedclothes-holder



r B. S. ZIPIN AND H. SINGER.

BEDCLOTHES HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 13, 1919.

Patented July 15, 1919.

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Application filed March 13, 1919.

To all whomz't may concern:

Be it known that we, BENJAMIN S. ZIPIN, a citizen of Russia, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, and HARRY SINGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Bedclothes-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

By way of explanation, it may be stated that clothes are likely to work down away from the head of a bedstead, notwithstanding tucking-in and other ordinary efforts to hold them in place. In view of the foregoing, the invention aims to provide a simple means whereby the bed clothes may be held with respect to the head of the bedstead, it being possible to adjust the clothes with respect to the head. The invention aims to provide 'a bed clothes holder including a pair of grips, each grip adding to the resiliency of the other, one grip being adapt ed t receive a portion of the bed clothes, and the other grip being adapted to receive a cord Or like flexible element which, being attached to the head or to some other accessible part of the bed, forms a means whereby the clothes may be adjusted with respect to the head.

We do not bind ourselves to the specific structure shown and described, since, within the scope of what is claimed, a mechanic may make changes without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing the utility of the device.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in perspective, a bed clothes holder constructed in accordance with the invention and connected with the bed clothes;

Fig. 2 is a plan of the holder, the cord being omitted;

Fig. 3 is a fragmental longitudinal section;

Fig. 4 is a fragmental transverse section.

The bed clothes holder forming the subject matter of this application includes a main member 1 preferably made of resilient wire, although some other material may be used if desired. The main member 1 comprises a receiving eye 2 embodying a base. 3 having abutting ends 4. An extension 5 of U-shape projects from the eye Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 15, 1919.

Serial No. 282,434.

2 and includes converging parts 6 defining a clothes grip.

The holder includes an auxiliary member 7 of U-shape and embodying converging parts 8 fashioned terminally into eyes 9 clamped firmly on the ends 4 of the base 3 of the main member 1. WVhen the eyes 9 are clamped on the ends 4;, notches or seats 10 will be formed in the ends 4,.the auxiliary member 7 thus being held on the base 3 of the main member 1, the members 1 and 7 preferably being disposed in a common plane.

A flexible element 11, such as a cord, is adjustable in the auxiliary member 7 and is provided at one end with an enlargement 12 of any desired form. The other end of the flexible element 11 is adapted to be attached to the head of a bedstead or to some other part thereof.

In practical operation, a portion 14 of the bed clothes 15 is passed into the receiving eye 2 of the main member 1 and is slid into the extension 5, the said part'of the bed clothes being gripped and held between the parts 6 of the extension 5, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. One end of the flexible element 11 may be secured to the bedstead (not shown) and the other end of the flexible element may be adjusted through the auxiliary member 7 A rearward pull on the free end of the flexible element 11 will engage the same between the converging parts 8 of the member 7, and thus the bed clothes 15 will be held in place securely but adjustably with respect to the head of the bedstead.

Since the parts 8 f the auxiliary member 7 are connected to the ends 4 of the base 3 of the main member 1, each member tends to reinforce and stiffen the other, so that the main member 1 may have a strong grip on the bed clothes, and to the end that the member 7 may have a strong grip on the flexible element 11. Further, the auxiliary member 7 holds the ends 4 of the member 1v Ordinarily, .tWo of the structures shown in Fig. 1 are used, the cords 11 being attached to the upright pieces Which form a part of the head of a bedstead. When it is desired to turn down the covers 15, they may be detached from the parts 6 and the holders, still connected to the head of the bed by the cords 11, may be placed beneath the pillows or otherwise hidden from view.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed is 1. A bed clothes holder comprising a main member including a clothes-receiving eye having ends, and a loop-shaped clothes grip projecting from the eye; aloop-shaped auxillary grip member and a flexible element adjustable in the auxiliary member, the ends of the auxiliary member being connected to the ends of the' eye of the main member, each member having resiliency enough to reinforce the other. 1

2. A bed clothes holder constructed as set forth in claim 1, and further characterized by the fact that the auxiliary member holds the ends of the eye so closely together that the flexible element cannot pass betWeen'said ends, into the eye. 4

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our own, We have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two Witnesses.

BENJAMIN SAMUEL ZIPIN;

HARRY SINGER.

Witnesses FRANK ZINMAN, HELEN HOEFLEMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained tor'five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Yatents, Washington, D. 0. 

